Sure. A Sony is expensive if you just do BASIC phone things with it, but that really isn't the point of an XPERIA is it?
Taking a quick tour through the External Monitor mode, it's crazy to think how little we're really tapping into the amazing compute power of our phones...
What we know about #tech is that it accelerates results and so when an institutionally racist organisation like the police use #technology to deploy more efficient policing, it further embeds and exacerbates inherent discrimination #racism.
SimpleX E2EE messenger for iOS and Android has no user IDs at all – It could be the most secure and private messenger ever
Other apps have user IDs: Signal, Matrix, Session, Briar, Jami, Cwtch, etc. SimpleX does not, not even random numbers. This radically improves your privacy.
When users have persistent identities, even if this is just a random number, like a Session ID, the ...continues
I did not realise portable monitors were a thing: Best portable monitors in 2023 for laptops, smartphones, or tablets
To think, I had a second monitor for my laptop at my own office, and one at each of the two clients I spent time at during the week. Once you get used to working with two monitors, it is really difficult going back to a single monitor from a productivity poin ...continues
Password manager Bitwarden will too soon be able to store passkeys, but here’s why you may want to wait a bit with passkeys
I did a post a few weeks back speculating around the same issues but listening now to Steve Gibson talking on the Tech News Weekly episode 284 podcast at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly/episodes/284 has reinforced my thinking about passkeys.
Tom Dolan has an excellent blog post which touches, in part, on comparative cost. If you're working for, say, a TV company - then you know exactly how much an hour of TV programming costs on average. If you want to do something like build a website, it's quite natural for people to evaluate its […]
If you're in Brisbane, looking for something to do tonight and like thinking and talking about digital platforms and journalism, have I got the event for you!
ChatPDF: This AI chatbot can sum up any PDF and answer any question you have about it
Whether you are a student or a working professional, you likely interact with PDFs frequently through the form of presentations, academic research, business reports, and more.
Regardless of whether it is a 90-page slide deck or a lengthy research paper, PD ...continues
hi everyone! my account was having some issues and i decided a fresh start might be nice so i started over!
im a 21yo guy from #Pakistan doing #computerScience, im super into #technology, taking things apart and putting it back together (but mostly just breaking it). im a #linux user, i love #books and the #bookstodon community here (love love love dark academia)
With around 180,000 people dying daily, I found more analogue ways of preserving my memories
Reading an article about this published two days back in The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review, got me thinking yet again about this topic (as you do when you are past your 40’s or 50’s) and what I’ve gravitated towards in order to preserve some memories. Too ...continues
The new TicWatch Pro 5 is HERE! https://youtu.be/GbaMmuffc5U
Let's look at the updated hardware from @Mobvoi_Official, and chat about some of the concerns I have for future smartwatch software updates...
Contactless Hall Sensors can be a drop-in replacement for drifting PS4 Game Console Joysticks
Yes, if a joystick uses friction-based materials, they are going to wear out over some time and need to be disposed of and replaced. I suppose the issue is that manufacturers would just love to sell you more replacements. I would be prepared to spend a bit mo ...continues
Good morning from Brussels 👋 @jon will be speaking on the panel “The Evolving Role of Policymaking in European Tech” at the Tech.EU Summit in Brussels today 🤩
HP Is Selling a 40-Year-Old HP-15C Calculator Again—For $120
HP calculators just never die! I still have a HP-12C, and a HP-41CV, which both work perfectly well. Yes, you’d think that calculators dead with cellphones around, but if you are regularly calculating numbers it is often easier to still use a dedicated calcul ...continues
A #solarpower spinout from Oxford University has concluded that due to a lack of incentives, the UK is the 'least attractive' of the countries it is considering for a plant to manufacture its highly efficient perovskite-silicon cells for #solar panels. The plant is likely to be located in either the US or Germany.
Its an old story of UK advances in #technology being capitalised on elsewhere, now compounded by a #Tory Govt. with no #industrial strategy & a weak commitment to #greenenergy!